Thomas hooper and samuel george moore



(No Model.)

TROOPER & S. G. MOORE.

DISGHARGING PEN HOLDER. 7

No. 420,799. Patented Feb. 4, 1890.

NrrnD STATES ATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS I-IOOPER AND SAMUEL GEORGE MOORE, OF BIRMINGHAM, COUNTY OFWVARWVIOK, ENGLAND.

DISCHARGING PEN-HOLDER;

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 420,799, dated February4, 1890.

Application filed November 13, 1889. Serial No. 330,164. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

, Be it known that we, THOMAS HOOPER and SAMUEL GEORGE MOORE, (tradingas Hinks, Wells & 00.,) of Birmingham, in the county of WVarwick,England, subjects of the Queen of Great Britain, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Discharging Pen- H olders, of which thefollowing is a specification.

Our new or improved discharging penholder consists of threeparts-namely, a stick or holder, a light metallic tube sliding on oneend of the stick or holder, and a spring fixed to that end of the stickor holder carrying the light metallic tube. The light metallic tuberesembles, generally, the socalled barrel of an ordinary pen-holderhaving two turned-in sides or flaps or other equivalent parts for thereception of the'side edges of the slip-pen. The spring on the end ofthe stick consists of a narrow strip of thin sheet steel or otherelastic metal or alloy, the free end of the said spring being raisedinto a convex shape. The light metallic tube or barrel of the pen-holderhas a longitudinal slot extending through nearly one-half its length, inwhich slot, when the said tube or barrel is placed upon the stick orholder, the convex end of the spring engages.

The action of the parts is as follows: The metallic tube or barrel isplaced upon the stick in the usual way, the end of the spring occupyingthe rear end of the slot, and about one-half of the length of the saidtube or barrel being occupied by the stick. The pen is then inserted inthe holder in the usual way. lVhen it is wished to discharge the pen,the light metallic tube or barrel carrying the pen is held between thethumb and finger and the stick is pushed downward-that is, toward thepoint of the pen. The stick is thereby made to advance in the said tubeor barrel, and the end of the spring pressing against the top end of thepen pushes it forward and discharges it from the holder.

Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents in side elevation, andFig. 2 in plan drawn to a large scale, a discharging pen-holderconstructed according to our invention, a portion of the stick or holderbeing omitted. Fig. 3 represents the holder in longitudinal section, thestick being represented pushed inward and the pen in the act of beingdischarged. Fig. 4 represents in side elevation and end elevation thestick or holder detached, and Fig. 5 represents the spring and itscarrying-tube detached from the stick.

a is the barrel of the pen-holder, and b is the slip-pen inserted andheldin the ordinary 6o turned-in sides or flaps c of the barrel.

d is the longitudinal slot in the upper side of the barrel a, the saidslot extending through about one-half .the length of the said barrel.

e is the stick or holder having on its end the spring f; the free end ofwhich has the bent and convex form represented. This spring consists ofa strip of thin sheet-steel or other elastic metal or alloy, and ismade, preferably, in one piece with the short tube g, which is pinned ath to the end of the non-metallic stick or holder 8; but the spring f maybe made without a short tube and attached directly to the stick. Theconvex end of the spring f works in the longitudinal slot (Z in thebarrel a.

The engagement of the spring f "with the slot d is effected by slidingthe barrel on the end of ,the stick, the spring being depressed inwardby the barrel. WVhen the barrel has reached its proper position on thestick, the spring rises and snaps into the longitudinal slot 01. hen thestick and barrel are thus engaged together, the said stick is capable ofsliding toward the tip or holding end of the barrel, the sliding motionof the stick being limited by the engagement of the end of the spring fwith the slot (Z. When the convex end of the spring f occupies the rearend of the slot (1, as represented in Figs. 1 and 2, the slippen b canbe inserted in the holder in the usual Way.

In order to discharge the pen, the metallic tube or barrel a is heldbetween the thumb and finger, and the stick e is pushed down- 5 ward ortoward the point of the pen. The stick a is thereby made to advance inthe tube or barrel a, and the end of the spring f, pressing against theheel of the pen e, pushes itforward and discharges it from the barrel,as illustrated in Fig. 3. By returning the stick to the positionrepresented in Figs. 1

and 2 the pen-holder is ready to receive another pen.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of ourinvention and the manner in which the same is to be performed, wedeclare that we claim as our invention- In a discharging pen-holder, thecombination of an ejecting or discharging spring fixed on the inner endof the sliding stick or 10 holder with a longitudinal slot in the barrelof the pen-holder, the several parts being arranged With respect to oneanother, and operating substantially as hereinbefore de scribed andillustrated.

THOMAS IIOOPER. [L. 8,] SAMUEL GEORGE MOORE. [Us] \Vitnesses;

GEORGE SHAW, RICHARD SKERRETT.

